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No. 574,832. Patented Jan. 5, 1897.

.w l w UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICEe CHRISTOPHER O. TAYLOR, OF ROOKINGHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO L. C. SHARP, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 574,832, dated January 5, 1897'.

Application filed llliay-27J 1896. Serial No. 593,306. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTOPHER C. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States,residin g at Rockingham, in the county of Richmond and State 5 of North Carolina, have invented a new and useful Ohurn,of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention relates to churns, and has i'or its object to provide a simple, inexpensive, Io'and efficient construction and arrangement of parts, whereby the receptacle is protected from accumulations of dirt, insects, the.

Further objects and advantages of this invention will appeal1 in the following descrip- 15 tion,'and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a churn constructed in accordance zo with my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the hollow base or cage and contiguous parts. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the means for guiding the dasher-staff above the plane of the base.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

The frame of the improved churn is constructed to form a cage or cabinet 1, having 3o a base 2, upon which the receptacle 8 is supported, and a side door 4, through which the receptacle may be introduced and removed, said door being provided with suitable fastening devices,such as a turn-button 5. (Illus- 3 5 trated in the drawings.) The top of the cage or cabinet is provided with an opening fitted with a door or closure comprising twin oppositely-folded leaves G and cut away at their meeting edges to form a bearing 7 for the 4o dasher-staff S and held in their closed positions by means of fastening devices, such as turnbuttons 9. A receptacle-cover 10 is removably iitted in the top of the churn-receptacle and is provided with a central opening for 45 said dasher-staff, this cover being held in position when the lid in the top of the cage or cabinet is closed by means of holding-blocks 11, depending from the leaves of said lid. Access may be had to the interior of the re- 5o ceptacle by raising the lid-leaves 6 and thereby releasing the receptacle-cover. The sides of the lcage or cabinet are provided with a iillin'g of wire screen or similar reticulated material to allow the circulation of air and exclude insects.

Rising from the top of the cage or cabinet is a bracket 12, having a central bearing 13 for the upper end of the dasher-staff, said bearing being iitted with a hinged closingbloclt 14, secured in place by means of a turn- 6o button 15 or its equivalent.

The driving-gear 1G is mounted upon a stilbshaft 17, extending horizontally from a standard 18, rising from the top of the cage or cabinet, and said gear, to which is attached the 65 operating-crank 20, meshes with a pinion 2l on the driven shaft 22. Said driven shaft also carries a balance-wheel 23, having slotted spokes 24, upon one of which is mounted an adjustable wrist-pin 25, connected by means 7o of a pitman 2G with a lateral stu-d 27 on the dasher-staff. Said stud 27 is preferably threaded in a transverse opening in the dasher-staff and is provided with a bearing portion upon which the lower extremity of the pitman 7 5 is iitted, said extremity of the pitman being held in engagement with the stud by means of a split pin. l

The length of stroke of the dasher-staff may be regulated by the adjustment of the wrist- 8o pin upon the slotted spoke of the balancewheel.

From the above description it will be seen that the means for operating the dasher are simple, and that any desired rapidity of move 8 5 ment may be imparted to the dasher by varying the relative sizes of the driving-gear and pinion. Furthermore, the receptacle is arranged within a cage or cabinet from which insects are excluded, and after the completion 9o of the churning operation the dasher may be disconnected and removed through the opening in the top of the cage or cabinet, after which said opening may be closed until such time as it may be convenient or desirable to 9 5 remove the receptacle.

From the above it will be seen also that when the churning operation has been completed the receptacle-lid and dasher may be elevated through the opening closed by the Ioo leaves 6, forming the closure -for thecage or cabinet, after the disconnection of the pitman .from the dasherstali, said connection being so constructed as to provide for detachment with facility. After the dasher and lid 10 have been Withdrawn from thel interior of the cage or cabinet the leaves may be again closed to exclude insects, and access may be had at any time to the churn-receptacle through the side door, either to remove such receptacle or its contents. In other Words, the sectional cover of the cage or cabinet forms a support for the ohurn-dasher when the latter is withdrawn from the cage after the completion of the churning operation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invcntion.

Having described my invention, what I claim is In a churn, the combination of a frame constructed to form a cage or cabinet adapted to receive the churn-receptacle, said cage or cabinet having reticulated Walls, a side door through which the receptacle may be introduced and removed, and a top lid having oppositely-mounted leaves provided with depending holding-blocks to engage and secure the cover of the churn-receptacle, means for fastening said lid in its closed position, a ch urn-dasher havin g its staff mounted in halfbearings formed in the meeting edges of the leaves of said top lid, and operating devices for the dasher, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHRIS' OPIIER C. TAYLOR.

fitnessesz WALTER L. PARSONS, W. E. THOMAS. 

